Posts Tagged ‘electric vehicles’

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    BMW Opens Carbon Fiber Factory for ‘i’ Electric Vehicles
    SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, a joint venture of SGL Group and the BMW Group, opened on Thursday its new state-of-the-art carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, Washington. The new facility is strategic for the manufacture of ultra light-weight carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) for use in the new BMW i electric vehicles. The two parent companies will invest...
    by at September 1st, 2011 at 10:09 pm
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    Hitachi Cable Develops Small Compact Connectors for Electric Vehicles
    Hitachi Cable, manufacturer and seller of wires, cables, copper products and brake hoses, announced on Monday that with its proprietary design it has developed world’s smallest compact connectors that can harness power for hybrid electric and electric vehicles. The drive systems of these electric vehicles consist of electric motors, inverters, batteries, and AC and...
    by at August 30th, 2011 at 06:08 am
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    UPS Buying 100 Electric Delivery Vehicles
    United Parcel Service is buying 100 all-electric delivery Vehicles from Electric Vehicles International (EVI) for deployment throughout California. The 100 electric delivery Vehicles will replace older generation diesel Vehicles in the largest single deployment of zero tailpipe emission delivery vehicles in the state. These electric vehicles will have a 90-mile range and...
    by at August 26th, 2011 at 07:08 am
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    GM and LG to Jointly Develop Electric Vehicles
    General Motors announced that it will jointly design and engineer unspecified future electric vehicles with LG Group, expanding a relationship built on LG’s work as the battery cell supplier for the Chevrolet Volt and Opel Ampera extended-range EVs. The definitive agreement signed Wednesday will help GM expand the number and types of electric vehicles it makes and...
    by at August 25th, 2011 at 09:08 am
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    EV Charging Station to reach 7.7M Worldwide by 2017
    More than 1.5 million locations to charge electric vehicles will be available in the United States, with a total of 7.7 million locations worldwide by 2017, according to a new report from Pike Research. The cleantech market intelligence firm anticipates that increasing demand for charge points will be driven in part by a rapid decline in electric vehicle supply equipment...
    by at August 25th, 2011 at 12:08 am
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    Plug-in Electric Vehicle Sales to Reach 5.2m Globally by 2017
    Cumulative sales of plug-in electric vehicles will reach 5.2 million units by 2017; up from just under 114,000 vehicles in 2011, according to a new report from Pike Research. By the same year, cumulative sales of hybrid electric vehicles will represent an additional 8.7 million vehicles, for a combined total of 13.9 million units in all electrified vehicle categories. Pike...
    by at August 22nd, 2011 at 05:08 am
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    CODA Inks Electric Vehicles Deal with Chinese Great Wall
    Santa Monica-based electric car maker CODA Automotive has entered into a Letter of Intent to develop electric vehicles with China’s Great Wall Motor Company Limited, using Great Wall models, for distribution worldwide. The partnership would blend key technology capabilities from China’s fastest growing and greatest profit margin automotive producer and the...
    by at August 15th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
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    GM Awards A123 Systems Contract for Future Battery Packs
    General Motors has awarded a production contract to A123 Systems for battery packs to be used in future GM electric vehicles to be sold in select global markets. The contract includes advanced Nanophosphate cells and fully integrated electronic components. The specific vehicles and brands will be announced at a later date. GM battery engineering teams have tested and validated...
    by at August 11th, 2011 at 09:08 am
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    Toyota Selects Leviton as an Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Provider
    Leviton, a manufacturer of electrical wiring devices, has been named by Toyota as an approved Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) solutions provider. Leviton will provide EVSE to both consumers and dealerships for Toyota’s Prius Plug-In Hybrid and RAV4 EV models coming to market in 2012. Toyota’s electric vehicle charger complies with all industry standards,...
    by at August 11th, 2011 at 01:08 am
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    BYD to Lease 500 EVs to Shenzhen Bus Company
    BYD and Shenzhen’s Major Public Bus Operations signed a series of leasing contracts establishing BYD as the exclusive provider of electric vehicles for the 2011 International Universiade Games. Under the agreements, the South China city will lease 200 eBus battery-electric buses and 300 battery-electric e6 sedan taxis for the 2011 Universiade. After the Universiade Games...
    by at July 30th, 2011 at 12:07 pm
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